The Queen is a spellbinding story of opposed passions -- of Elizabeth's icy resolve to keep the royal family separate and aloof from the death of the divorced Diana, who was legally no longer a royal, and of Blair's correct reading of the public mood.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
The Queen is the kind of thought-provoking, well-written and savvy film that discerning filmgoers long for but rarely get.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
Piercingly funny and unexpectedly moving account of that odd couple, Prime Minister Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) and HRH Elizabeth II (majestic Helen Mirren) and their back-channels affair.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Manohla Dargis
A sublimely nimble evisceration of that cult of celebrity known as the British royal family.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Ty Burr
A subtle, often very funny, ultimately touching tragedy of royal manners and meaning.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Helen Mirren's allure lies not in finding what's regal in every woman she plays, but in finding what's womanly in every royal.Read Full Review »
Mirren's performance is glorious: Rather than impersonate the queen -- which would have been all too easy to do -- she reaches deeper to locate the buried, calcified thoughts and feelings that might guide this deeply inscrutable woman.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
In a commanding performance that is as compelling as it is unexpected, Mirren has turned The Queen into something you never imagined it could be: a crackling dramatic story that's intelligent, thoughtful and moving.Read Full Review »
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Slate: Dana Stevens
Helen Mirren is a goddess of an actress, and her Queen Elizabeth is maddening, hilarious, and deeply human, galumphing around the Balmoral estate in a tartan raincoat and waders as the Britain she thought she knew crumbles around her.Read Full Review »
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